Hair curler



March 18 1924. 1,487,636

J. (5 WHITE HAIR CURLER Filed April 4, 1922 Patented Mar. 18, 1924.

EJNETED STATES JULIUS G. \VHITE, OF SAjN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

HAIR CUBLEB.

Application filed April 4, 1922. Serial No. 549,481.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, JULIUS G. VVHITE, a citizen of Canada, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hair Curlers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in hair curling devices and has for its primary object to provide a novel type of hair curler, which is preferably constructed of a tubular member hingedly connected adjacent one end to a strip or arm of resilient material with the arm adapted to be detachably secured to the opposite extremity of the tubular member, with the tubular member and arm so associated that the hair to be curled is gripped, pressed and crimped between the member and arm with the hair wound spirally around one of the members.

Another object of this invention is to so construct the tubular member so that a heating medium such as a curling iron or a metal cylindrical member may be readily inserted therein for heating the tubular member so that a curl may be quickly formed.

A further object of this invention is to so construct a curler of the character described that there will be prevented the usual tendency of a breaking or cutting of the hair of the user due to the form of my device which is tubular and consequently having no sharp edges over which the hair can bend or break.

An additional object of this invention is to provide a curler of the character described which is simple in construction, economical to manufacture, highly serviceable in use and a device which will accomplish the desired object in a minimum amount of time.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent during the course of the following description. 1

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the device constructed in accordance with my invention, with the resilient arm disengaged from the tubular member,

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the resilient arm engaging the tubular member,

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a modified form of the invention, showing the use of two resilient arms, and

Fig. at is a cross section on the line 44 of Figure 2, showing the'application of a heating medium.

In the accompanying drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, the numeral 5 designates a tubular member which has recesses or notches 6 and 7 formed therein adjacent one extremity, while hingedly secured at 8 adjacent the opposite extremity of the tubular member, is a resilient arm 9, preferably constructed of a thin strip of spring stock, which is folded upon itself at its upper end as indicated by the numeral 10 so as to form a hook end adapted to enter either of the notches 6 and 7 and then be detachably secured to the tubular member.

Figure 1 of the drawing illustrates the resilient arm 9 disengaged from the tubular member so as to allow the hair to be curled to be wrapped about the said member. While Figure 2 illustrates the position the arm assumes when the hair has been wrapped about the tubular member and the curl is being formed, the arm serving to retain the curl in a fixed position.

In the tubular member 5 I propose to employ a curling iron or a heating medium as indicated by the numeral 11 which will function to assure a quick formation of the curl. After the curl has been formed this heating medium can be readily removed.

In Figure 3 there is shown to advantage the use of a second resilient strip 12 made of thin metal stock which terminates in a hook end 13 adapted to be received in the spaced notches 14 and 15 formed adjacent the one extremity of the tubular member with the arm hingedly connected at its opposite end to the tubular member.

In operating my improved hair curling device it is only necessary to wrap the hair around the tubular member then press the strip 9 and the tubular member together by the thumb or finger until the hook member 10 enters the notch 6 or the notch 7 andis then retained in the tubular member. While the preferred use of this device is for curling hair it is to be understood that I do not wish to be restricted to this use of my device, as the same may be used for any purpose to which it is adapted.

It is to be further understood that the form of my invention, herewith shown and described is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape, size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim A device of the character described comprising a tubular member for receiving thereon hair to be curled and adapted to house a heating medium, said member being provided With spaced notches on one extremity thereof and an enlarged opening adjacent its opposite extremity, a resilient arm curved at its lower extremity, With the curved portion being movable through the openingof the tubular member, said arm terminating at its upper extremity in a hook end adapted to engage the tubular member and be retained on an extension formed between the notches thereof, the said arm having its hook end and curved portion integrally formed therewith.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JULIUS G. WHITE. 

